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Understand Income Per Hour (IPH)

Income Per Hour helps you compare shows on a fair basis — learn how BoothBook calculates it and how to use it to prioritize next year's market schedule.

  1. 1IPH = net profit ÷ total hours at the show (including setup time).
  2. 2Add your setup hours and event hours when logging an event.
  3. 3BoothBook calculates IPH automatically and color-codes it: blue = great ($100+/hr), green = good ($50+/hr), amber = average.
  4. 4Use IPH to decide which shows to prioritize next year.

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